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Shakespeare authority and former Cullman Center Fellow James Shapiro returns to the Library to talk about his critically acclaimed new book, Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? with "The Ethicist" of The New York Times, journalist and playwright Randy Cohen. Don't miss Shapiro's first New York appearance!

Hillary Mantel, the author of Wolf Hall, calls Contested Will "riveting" and The Financial Times hailed Shapiro's book as "a terrific read." Click here to read Mantel's full review in The Guardian.

Note new location! This event has been moved to the Celeste Bartos Forum. Please enter the building through the 42nd Street entrance, just west of Fifth Avenue.